Spider Web

thought there was no spider
just web he could rip,
stone through glass

surprise! spider came running
responding to music, glass shattering
vibration of hurt, of injury

guilty eyes, lying tongue
unable to wiggle out

from my porch, from where
he should not have been, he emerged
trespassing, intruding
mischief on his mind
on his hands


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
1:15 p.m. 02.12.07